42 Bible Verses about Being Patient

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

In your patience ye shall win your souls.

Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it , ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it , ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.

And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

So his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.